Clicky poll - do you read about different families

Littlejen22

To your kids?  I will admit that I have looked for certain books in the library like And Tango makes Three but I did not find it and have not read any books that have same sex families. I feel very open-minded but I am not currently friends with anyone in a same sex relationship (Facebook does not count here) so my kids are not exposed to it but I want my kids to grow up knowing everyone is different and be tolerant, he'll honestly I wish they could grow up see differences as so normal that they would not even notice. [Poll]

juniper19

We have a lot of non-traditional families in our life and I don't feel like I have to hunt down books about them.

bebemama

juniper19:

We have a lot of non-traditional families in our life and I don't feel like I have to hunt down books about them.

Exactly this.  

penguingrrl

We have several same sex couples in our lives, so I haven't felt the need to seek out a book for it. We treat the same sex couples just like any other couple, so I cant imagine my kids will see them differently.

RobinSparkles214

juniper19:

We have a lot of non-traditional families in our life and I don't feel like I have to hunt down books about them.

This.

JellymanKelly

Right now, DS is still trying to understand what our family is (H has moved away, it's just DS1, DS2, and me), so that would give him too much to process. As he gets older, I am sure we'll talk about different families as he is exposed to them and asks. I have friends who are in same-sex relationships and a friend who has had children on her own, but he doesn't know them. At this point, he doesn't seem to notice differences like that anyway. He only recently seemed to notice that some of his friends were of different races, so I don't think family structure is even on his radar.

Carol*Brady2

We live in the "gay" Neighborhood in our city so they are naturally exposed to lots of non-traditional families (also lifestyles, races, classes, etc). The kid's are aware & I don't feel the need to read books about it to them.

Chapter79

penguingrrl:

We have several same sex couples in our lives, so I haven't felt the need to seek out a book for it. We treat the same sex couples just like any other couple, so I cant imagine my kids will see them differently.

This
My best friend is a lesbian and getting married to a woman this year. I'm bisexual. I also have two very close gay friends who married each other last year.  My daughter has them in her real life, and to her... it's just life. She grew up knowing it was all ok, and normal. As it stands now, she wants to marry a little girl in her class   So NOTHING strange about it to her.

That said, if we weren't surrounded by them in our life, I may seek out a way to teach her about it- and may read books then.

cotner

My mom gave my sister up for adoption, and is now in our lives. DHs uncle is in a sam sex long term relationships, we have family with kids and not married, we have divorced friends.  I think they see a lot in real life.

mulrooney

My DD's have 2 married gay grandpas & when 5 yo DD was fascinated with weddings, we talked about how anyone could marry whomever they wanted as long as they were happy & good people. I never felt a need to search out a book on the subject. 

They have been to 4 weddings - 2 were gay couples and they never seemed to even register that there was a difference. They are in it for the cake & dancing.